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![]() "Jeff Doran" wrote in message m... Did you ever notice how big and cumbersome even the smallest laptops are when in the cockpit? Screen visibility in sunlight is another concern. Yes, I am somewhat concerned about that, but I know a pilot whom I have worked with for recurrent training who swears by the WSI In Flight system with a laptop and he says it is not inconvenient at all.. we'll see in a month or two after some more pilots (include myself) get a bunch of practical experience using XMRadio in the air. Maybe one of the RAM computer mounts will be an option. Also XMRadio is supposed to support PDAs, but we will have to see the details how well that works and what features it can support on a PDA. About the only thing I see that XMRadio has to offer is its "broadcast" technology, and (I assume) greater bandwidth...not that these are bad things. I think the "broadcast" technology advantage is immense since this allows 5-minute updates without having to worry about cost. I think the automatic aquisition feature of XMRadio is a major advantage over the satellite phone setup you describe -- I have tried that myself and decided that logging onto the Internet in-flight and making regular requests for weather was just too much of a distraction in any sort of weather where I really wanted the datalink information... Here with WxWorx once everything is set up on the ground it updates the signal automatically and should not require any pilot input at all. -- Richard Kaplan, CFII www.flyimc.com |
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